guthrie

September 16th, 2020 at 7:46 PM ^

I probably would go to a USC game since I drive by the stadium twice a day.  But don’t let anyone fool you; it’s still a dangerous area.  I would strongly discourage my kids from going there.

I’ve been to the Rose Bowl a couple of times.  Didn’t notice any problems but I haven’t been in the area for about 15 years.

Joined: 09/23/2009

MGoPoints: 2322

catatomic

September 16th, 2020 at 8:34 PM ^

Exposition Park, where USC plays, isn't really near Watts. It's just south of Downtown which is having a long overdue reawakening. Though that is uneven and some parts, like Skid Row, are post-apocalyptic.  

Certainly reasonable people can disagree about what they consider "safe," but the USC area of Los Angeles isn't crime ridden like people would have you believe. You can go a half mile in certain directions and there's some bad places, but a lot of LA is like that. Pasadena is very nice but there's some rough parts just north of it. Santa Monica and Venice... same thing.

If the immediate neighborhood is a deal breaker, and it is for some, you're better off in Westwood at UCLA. But that area is booooorrrrrring. ;)

Joined: 01/14/2009

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username

September 16th, 2020 at 10:08 PM ^

I was on USC’s campus for the first time right before COVID shut down travel. Got there around 2:00pm on a Tuesday and did a self guided tour. Campus is beautiful, everything this Midwesterner would expect, all the way down to the skateboard racks at the back of classrooms in the building I was in.  And you can see all the heisman trophies out in the open, including OJ’s  

The event I was attending ended around 9pm and when I left the building, it felt like a different campus. Gates to the surrounding streets, that I hadn’t noticed in the daylight, were closed. Access to the campus appeared to be significantly restricted with only a few entry/exit points. I didn’t feel unsafe, but there was definitely a different vibe after the sun went down. 

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ThePonyConquerer

September 16th, 2020 at 8:06 PM ^

You get hit by a train the first time, everyone feels sorry for you.

You get hit by one a second time, everyone thinks you did it on purpose for attention.

You get hit by one a third time, everyone completely ignores you.

Joined: 02/01/2016

MGoPoints: -8128

WesternWolverine96

September 16th, 2020 at 8:18 PM ^

well this is great, except my air quality index is still in the 400's, so until the fires are out not much is happening out here.  Saw a report that the smoke is already in NY and even Europe 

#-hashbrown-2020

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